Scrumptious Flavoured Lemon Rice Pilaf

Scrumptious Flavoured Lemon Rice Pilaf

This Lemon Rice Pilaf is so scrumptious; you might want to devour it plainly, directly out of the pot! It’s a Greek Rice Pilaf made with sautéed onion and garlic, rice cooked in chicken broth then finished off with brilliant fresh lemon and herbs. It is best served with Chicken Piccata with Herb Roasted Potatoes

Lemon Rice Pilaf is sure to turn out to be a staple rice dish in your repertoire as it’s so flexible!

The reason this is not just “yet another flavoured rice” is as it’s made as a pilaf. A pilaf is without a doubt a rice dish that begins like risotto – sautéing garlic and onion in olive oil (or butter), then stirring in the rice grains till they turn out to be translucent with the oil, then cooking the rice in a broth.

Cooking rice in this manner transforms an undeniable plain and mundane rice right into a flavoured dish which is tasty enough to be eaten plain. In fact, there are numerous rice dishes around the food sector which might be made this manner, loaded up with even extra flavour and with a variety of proteins incorporated in them e.g. traditional Italian risottos, to Spanish Paella, Biryani all through Indian and the Middle East and Jambalaya.

Even as a few Lemon Rice recipes cook the rice with the lemon juice, my choice is to stir the lemon thru the rice as soon as it is cooked. I have discovered through trials and errors that the lemon flavour is fresher and more energizing, and additionally, I stir it through at the same time as the rice is hot so it sucks in all that fresh flavour.

Lemon Rice Pilaf is a top notch versatile preparation of rice, but especially ideal for Mediterranean and Italian dishes and of course seafood. This goes fabulously with any type of seafood.

Scrumptious Flavoured Lemon Rice Pilaf

This Lemon Rice Pilaf is so scrumptious; you might want to devour it plainly, directly out of the pot! It’s a Greek Rice Pilaf made with sautéed onion and garlic, rice cooked in chicken broth then finished off with brilliant fresh lemon and herbs.

Quick Overview

Recipe Name: Scrumptious Flavoured Lemon Rice Pilaf

Author: Ranjeeta Nath Ghai

Description: This Lemon Rice Pilaf is so scrumptious; you might want to devour it plainly, directly out of the pot! It’s a Greek Rice Pilaf made with sautéed onion and garlic, rice cooked in chicken broth then finished off with brilliant fresh lemon and herbs.

Recipe Instructions: Heat oil over medium heat in large saucepan or small pot.
Add garlic and onion. Cook for 5 minutes or until translucent and sweet.
Add rice and stir until rice turns mostly translucent.
Add broth and water. Place lid on, bring to simmer then turn heat down to low.
Cook for 12 minutes or until water is evaporated.
Remove from fire and rest for 10 minutes (keep the lid on.)
Remove lid. Stir through lemon rind/peel, lemon juice, herbs and salt and pepper to taste.
Served warm at room temperature.

Calories: 216 kcal

Ease of Cooking

Nutritional Values

Health Benefits

4.5

Summary

Lemon Rice Pilaf is sure to turn out to be a staple rice dish in your repertoire as it’s so flexible! The reason this is not just “yet another flavoured rice” is as it’s made as a pilaf.

Pros

Long grain is the best for this but it will also work with medium and short grain rice.

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